A 30-day suspension is usually given to second-time offenders in drug or alcohol abuse cases.
First and second-time offenders were sent to seven of the twelve prisons.
First-time offenders are allowed to seek treatment without formal disciplinary action, and a second-time offender is suspended for 60 days.
For first- and second-time offenders, the punishment is caning.
Another Rockefeller-era law greatly increases time for second-time offenders.
Under the program, first- or second-time offenders can be routed to the drug court.
"Why then should the second-time offender be foreclosed from waiving his rights on the matter for which he was detained?"
Manley, who was treated for drug abuse two years ago, was given a 30-day suspension as a second-time offender in July 1988.
She added, "We want fines assessed, community service hours ordered and jail time for second-time offenders.
Thousands of other inmates are in the prison system under another Rockefeller-era law that applies to second-time offenders.